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Wiley in with Cowboys, Lynch out with Bucs\nDefensive end Marcellus Wiley is now a Cowboy. John Lynch is soon to be an ex-Buccaneer.\nA week after being released by San Diego, Wiley signed with Dallas Thursday in hopes of living up to his reputation as one of the league's more feared pass rushers. He got $16 million over four years, including a $4.5 million signing bonus.\nLynch, meanwhile, said the Bucs turned down his offer to renegotiate his contract and gave him permission to seek a new team.\n"I take great pride in the fact that in my career in the NFL ... any success I've had is the result of my play, my passion for the game I love and the game I respect so much," the 33-year-old, five-time Pro Bowl safety said. "Those values never changed in this process.\n"This decision was not a result of my unwillingness to restructure my contract. That scenario, which would have been my preference ... was never an option. As a result, I will be playing football next year for a different team."\nLynch probably will be released, although general manager Bruce Allen said the Bucs also would explore the prospect of a trade once Lynch decides where he'd like to play. The New York Jets and Indianapolis have expressed interest.\nColts coach Tony Dungy used to coach the Bucs, and the Jets' Herman Edwards, a former assistant in Tampa, is close to Lynch.\nWiley, who has 41 sacks in four seasons with Buffalo and three with San Diego, had his worst season last year with the Chargers. He had only three sacks after recording 13 in 2001, when he made the Pro Bowl.\nNHL suspended Bertuzzi for rest of season\nTORONTO -- Todd Bertuzzi's season is over after being suspended Thursday by an NHL intent on sending the message that it won't tolerate premeditated attacks on the ice.\nThe Vancouver Canucks' All-Star forward will lose at least $500,000 in salary and could miss more time next season for the vicious punch that sent Colorado's Steve Moore to the hospital with a broken neck, concussion and other injuries.\nThe Canucks were fined $250,000 for the attack, which is being investigated by police.\n"This is not a part of our game, it has no place in our game and it will not be tolerated in our game," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.\nHe called the punishment "stern, harsh and quick." And he hopes the severity will stem the criticism leveled at the league since Bertuzzi slugged and jumped Moore from behind, driving him headfirst into the ice late in a 9-2 loss to Colorado Monday.